Earlier this month, I finally achieved the elusive goal I had set for myself in Bungie’s Marathon . I collected six of the game’s rarest items, allowing me to attempt and then successfully clear the raid-style Compiler boss. I felt a massive weight lift off my shoulders — nearly 185 hours of playtime and I had managed to complete Marathon ’s pinnacle activity. A day later, I took my first break from the game. I had been playing Marathon virtually every day since it launched in March, and I